The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1887-03-03
The Columbus Southern.

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lumbus in the interest of the Co
lumbus Southern railroad. The
meeting was remarkable for ITS
enthusiasm, unaninity of opinion
and good feeling, and there is no
doubt that the project will be car
RED to completion if the people
along the line will give it the
proper support and encourage
ment.
Other points are making siren
uous efforts to get the road, and
we cannot too strongly urge upon
every citizen of our county the
great Importance it is to our own
interests. as well as it is to the
whole country through which it
will pass. 1t would give us d.
rect connection with the great
iron and coal trade in the north
west and with the sea coast in the
southeast, and the great Missis-
sippi river and its tributaries, as
we'll as the important manufactur-
ing and commercial city of Co.
lumbus and the intermediate ter
ritory.
The building of the road would
give US the advantage of cheaper
freights. The farmers Of Terrell
have q special personal interest
In reducing freights at Dawson.
Lower freights mean cheaper
goods and better prices for cotton.
How can this desirable end be at.
tained?. Clearly, it lies in the
building of another railroad.
The Central road, without compe-
ttion ut this point, has a monopo-
ly of the freight business, and
whenever necessity forces the
Central to lower freights it will
do 30, ana this necessity will pre-
sent itself only by the completion.
of a competing road.
AS at present situated, the NOR
chants of Dawson cannot offer
greater inducements to BUYERS
than they do, because the railroad
charges high rates for hauling
goods, and the freight is paid by
the consumer. IL freights we're
lowered, there would at once be n
corresponding reduction in the
price of everything which the con.
sumner has to buy, and the advan-
tage from freight competition
would be felt by the farmer at
once. If we have two lines, the
reduction in freight on all heavy
goods would be large item of
saving to every purchaser, and
competition to the sea port would
reduce the freight on cotton so
much thai our buyers could pay
two dollars more for every bale of
cotton that is sold in our market.
This increase in price would 90 to
the farmer alone, because the
competition among buyers would
compel them to pay all that cot
ton is worth.
The people of Terrell county,
therefore, who have their own in
terest at heart, should subscribe
literally to build the Columbus
Southern. Dawson will do her
part by liberal subscription, and
it rests with the country to say
whether we shall have n good
market here at our own doors or
not. A few thousand dollars
from the landowners of Terrell
will make the road @ certainty.
and their interest in its compile
ton is greater than that of Daw-
son. Their lands will soon in
crease in value every dollar they
subscribe and in a little while
Will be worth more than it ever
was before. Besides, every sub,
seriber will be q shareholder in
the reod, and in few years this
railroad stock will, in all probable
ity. be the best property they
own. The stock of the Central
road, soon after it was built, was
worth only about S35, but now it
is recognized as the best invest
ment that could be made, and can
hardly be bought.
The p4tty opposition of few
to the prosperity of Dawson
should not be allowed to weigh a
feather with the great majority of
people who want a good market
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